Needless to say, it's not in Berlin, and even what's seen onscreen is waaaaay too modern for something that's supposed to exist in 1929 (even moreso as a derelict site in 1929). The structures seen haven't even been built until the 1960s!

I'm currently in the process of watching season 2 of Babylon Berlin, and there's a recurring setting of a "derelict industrial site" or whatever it's supposed to be on the show, and I easily recognize it as a place only a few minutes from where I live (it's actually a former ironworks site that's been turned into a public park).

Question for those of you living in exotic locations such as the US or the UK: If you watch a movie or a TV show that features a real-life location as a stand-in for someplace else, and you recognize the real-life location due to having been there in person, does that pull you out of the story?

Nothing like coming home after a long day to find a bird in the house. And then once you sit down for a well-earned rest after leading the bird back outside, you find it had a friend. A friend who *really* doesn't understand how windows work...

I'm not questioning the possibilities: I'm questioning the mechanics. And in a binary conception environment, having a surplus of one half means it's pretty much by default complicated. If they just came out (ha!) and said "Oh, the kids are all adopted. We wanted to rescue war orphans." I would be awesome with that cause it builds backstory for all the characters involved including the ones we've yet to meet (all of bo's siblings.).

If they said: oh, we just went to the wizards and they helped us every time; that would be awesome too cause cause I'm only interested in them addressing it.

I think the whole thing with Bow's parents is over thinking, the question that kind of popped into my mind is with this world, is if there are so many princesses, where are the princes and the kings, of male characters, there is:

Seahawk

Bow

Bow's dads

Hodak

Entrapta's servent

After that its all women, then again, exactly where do those who aren't fighting, go and hide during the attacks on the various kingdoms?

Is this world really just one giant computer program that's gone AWOL or something, then again, exactly how does Glimmer's mother find out about Entrapta's "Death" in season 1 before the group get back and inform her of it? Its not like they seem to have any spies in the Fright Zone (That we are aware of) who are passing information to the rebellion, then again exactly what kind of queen would send her daughter out to do battle, of course, then there is Bow who suddenly seems to be a general or something during a meeting. While I might be over thinking things, I kind of concluded that the rebellion should of been wiped out long before Aroda's defection as the trees do not seem to be capable of moving around as the narriative implys!

I don't think the trees in the whispering woods actually move. I think there's something there that just messes with the individual's sense of direction, and technology meant to give direction. Kinda like the bermuda triangle: but magic too.

After a little bit of thought, I have concluded the reason why there is no male rulers, so far, it boils down to one simple fact "Its a woman's world!" thus the men are pretty much incompedant/useless, aside from Bow & Hordak but then we could just blame the problems on Kyle, can't we?

After a little bit of thought, I have concluded the reason why there is no male rulers, so far, it boils down to one simple fact "Its a woman's world!" thus the men are pretty much incompedant/useless, aside from Bow & Hordak but then we could just blame the problems on Kyle, can't we?

except we know that's not right. Mermista took over for her father, and frosta took over (I think.) when her father passed.

After a little bit of thought, I have concluded the reason why there is no male rulers, so far, it boils down to one simple fact "Its a woman's world!" thus the men are pretty much incompedant/useless, aside from Bow & Hordak but then we could just blame the problems on Kyle, can't we?

except we know that's not right. Mermista took over for her father, and frosta took over (I think.) when her father passed.

Matriarchal societies are a thing, however this wouldn't be a line of questioning if all the princesses were princes instead.

That being said, the show has indicated a relative absence of conventional social mores regarding gender roles, and I'd argue this is intentional. It's not explained because the goal is to present that absence as "normal". You wouldn't expect them to dedicate an episode explaining how everyone breathes either. Lastly, we've seen other men in the villages.

Ultimately, Occam's razor is still a thing and lacking evidence to the contrary, the simplest answer is likely the right one. The most basic conceit of the show is "Princesses of Power". To do otherwise breaks the plot. Once we allow for that, the other aspects are what they appear to be until otherwise explained.